superscription

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The superscription of the fifty-second Psalm bears—“Maschil of David; when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, David is come to the house of Ahimelech.”

From The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel by Blaikie, William Garden

Titian, Plate 126, in dealing with the incident of the tribute to Cæsar, has selected the moment Doré selected, when Jesus asks, "Whose image and superscription hath it?"

From The Great Painters' Gospel Pictures Representing Scenes and Incidents in the Life of Our Lord Jesus Christ by Bailey, Henry Turner

"Very well," replied Lord Bolingbroke, something hastily; and I noticed that he dropped his hand over the superscription of the letter.

From Lawrence Clavering by Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley)

I started, as one does at an unexpected presence, to find an envelope among them with his familiar superscription.

From A Woman of Genius by Austin, Mary Hunter

Direction or superscription of a letter, or the name, title, and place of residence of the person addressed.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah